On 22 April this year, 40,000 runners will line up at the iconic start line in Greenwich to begin their 26.2 mile run around the streets of London. Streatham resident, Lorn Joseph, will be one of those runners and we asked her to tell us a little bit more about her training and why she has decided to run this year.

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It was the first of Spring and a lovely day for meeting one of Streatham’s up and coming superstars. Streatham has both a historical and contemporary forte for attracting quality musical and literary personalities across the spectrum from Dr Johnson to Dave the Rapper and I’m pleased to report the current zeitgeist does not disappoint. In a quiet, lush and surprisingly large garden in south Streatham, I had the privilege of interviewing Elizabeth S Moore (or “Lizzie” as she introduced herself) for this piece and meeting her husband and her son. Her first book, “The Man on the Middle Floor...

In response to incidents of concern, most of which have occurred in the central and northern wards of the borough, a Section 60 Order (Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994) was authorised Sunday the 8th of April an on Monday the 9th of April giving power to stop and search if an officer has reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been involved in a crime or thinks that they are in possession of a prohibited item, such as a weapon. Additionally, extra officers were deployed to Lambeth for two weeks to assist with patrols, weapon sweeps and CCTV led stop and search. These...